The assault on Berlin went unbelievably well, and Woolf. Esbrand and his 10,000-strong army arrived outside Berlin in the middle of the night of the second day after their departure.

After resting for two or three hours 10 kilometers from the city of Berlin, the army approached the walls of Berlin at about three o'clock in the morning. Special Forces Commander Nicholas. Cage once again went into battle in person, with more than 200 men, using flying claws, in the blind spot of Berlin's defense, climbed the city wall, and quickly entered the city, straight to the south gate of Berlin.

At this time, Berlin, because of the news that the two sides were going to negotiate in Worms, did not guard against Marin sending troops to attack at this time. Moreover, there were only three thousand conscripts in the city, and even the commanders were young nobles at the level of half-assers. As a result, Berlin City's defense is full of holes. Moreover, behind the gates of Berlin, not enough soldiers were sent to defend the gates, let alone block the gates with debris.

Under such a porous defense, the goalkeepers of Berlin City naturally found it difficult to resist the surprise attack of Cage's special forces. Soon, the south gate of Berlin was opened. Esbrand swarmed in with a large army......

In the face of the enemy's night attack, even a professional regular army is prone to chaos, let alone those three thousand conscripts? Didn't wait for Woolf. Esbrand ordered a surprise attack, and the defenders of the city broke out on their own, scurrying through the streets. Some of the conscripts were even frightened, and they rushed wildly, like headless flies.

In the end, only the two hundred loyal guards stationed at the palace in Berlin were still holding out, insisting on protecting the Elector and the little Prince Joakim, who was only a few months old......

It's just that Marin sent Woolf. Esbrand's sneak attack on Berlin was not intended to be anything to be done with Berlin.

The reason for this is because Joakim I didn't do anything to anger Marin......

Frederick III jumped up and down, and wanted to put Marin to death, but Marin naturally would not be polite, and directly carried out the demolition in Wittenberg. And because Brandenburg did not provoke Marin, Marin did not plan to do anything, but just took Berlin as a bargaining chip.

So, Woolf. Esbrand did not storm the royal palace in Berlin, but first sent troops to control the main roads in the city, and controlled the mansions of the great nobles, restricting their access.

Then, at dawn, through negotiations, Woolf. Esbrand led his troops into the royal palace in Berlin.

Responsible and Woolf. Esbrand's negotiators were Prince Albert, who was only 15 years old, and the younger brother of Joakim I. As for the Elector's wife, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark was too frightened to speak, and only knew that she was hiding in the bedroom with her son in her arms and shivering.

Therefore, in the absence of elders, Prince Albert, who was only 15 years old, took the plunge and Woolf. Esbrand began negotiations.

To Prince Albert's surprise, Woolf led his troops to conquer Berlin. Esbrand was surprisingly talkative. In the end, the two parties agreed that Woolf. Esbrand's army could take over the royal palace, but they were not allowed to enter the quarters where the Elector's wife, Elizabeth, and the young prince, Jokhim, lived.

And Woolf. Esbrand's intention to enter the palace was only to enter the treasury and loot it. After all, although Brandenburg is not rich, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat......

But in order not to irritate the young and vigorous Joakim I, Marin had confessed to Woolf in advance. Esbrand—Grab only cash, don't plunder gold and silver objects, don't go into the inner courtyard to harass the family of the Elector......

As for the noble mansions of Brandenburg, Woolf. Esbrand adopted the same strategy - to rob only gold and silver coins, and conspicuous gold and silver objects, and not other possessions. Of course, the grain and grass of this 10,000-strong army also need to be extracted from the granaries of Berlin......

In fact, as royalty and aristocrats, they rarely exchanged their belongings for gold coins and kept them in warehouses. In order to maintain the luxurious aristocratic life, they often exchanged gold and silver coins for a large number of luxury items and gold and silver utensils, and arranged the palaces and mansions with great magnificence.

Woolf. Although Esbrand sent men to rob the palace and the nobles of their gold and silver coins, they only plundered a small part of the wealth of the nobles. After all, the nobles of Brandenburg, big and small, did not have as much business and limited cash as the Saxon aristocracy.

According to later statistics, only a hundred thousand gold and silver coins worth of Gurden gold coins were copied from the royal palace and those noble homes, which was really shabby compared with the Electoral State of Saxony.

Of course, this is also something that cannot be helped. Because of the low agricultural output, a nobleman who relies on agricultural output cannot be compared with a commercial aristocracy in terms of financial resources. The gap between the two is equivalent to the difference between a well-off family and a rich man.

In desperation, in order to scrape together enough cash for 200,000 gold coins, Woolf. Esbrand also sent people to visit the homes of the few big merchants in Berlin, and knocked tens of thousands of gold coins to scrape together 200,000 gold coins in cash.

Then, Woolf. Esbrand stopped, and did not let his men rob the nobles of their other property, nor did he order the sacking of the whole city, much to the surprise of the Berliners.

Even, Woolf. Esbrand also allowed Prince Albert to write a letter about what was happening in Berlin. Esbrande sent his heralds to Marin's army, which was on its way to Worms.

With two oil bottles in a carriage, King Hans of Denmark and Elector Joakim I of Brandenburg, Marin's army did not march too fast. Before arriving in Worms, Prince Albert's letter was written by Woolf. Esbrand's heralds were delivered to Marin. Along with this letter is Woolf. Esbrand's detailed battle report to Marin.

Hearing of the surprise attack on Berlin, Choakim I stood up angrily and shouted at Marin:

"Why did you attack Berlin? Negotiations are already about to begin! If anything happens to my family, I will refuse all your requests! Even if you become your captive forever! ”

"Rest assured, Master Joakim, your family is fine. Moreover, my soldiers did not enter the living quarters of your palace either, but only took some gold and silver coins in the treasury. ”

After saying that, Marin put Woolf. A detailed battle report sent by Esbrand for Joakim I to see......

After reading the battle report, Joakim I let out a long sigh and said:

"I don't have much money, and I'm the poorest of the seven electors. Now the only remaining 100,000 gold coins in cash have been robbed by you, and you will have to pay a large amount of compensation after that. In the future, I will live a hard life of eating brown bread one after another! ”

Marin thought about it, and it was really ...... The Electorate of Brandenburg had no money in the first place, and now if the land is ceded and reparated, Choakim I will really have to tighten his belt to live in the future.

However, then again, it was because of the lack of money that Joakim I was fooled by Frederick III to help attack Lübeck and Hamburg! After all, as long as one of Lübeck and Hamburg was captured, Joakim I was ...... But unexpectedly, it failed in the end. It seems that it is really unlucky to have to cede the land and pay compensation......